EP4061148B1 - Lebensmittelteilchen mit einer nichtklebrigen erythritbeschichtung - Google Patents

Lebensmittelteilchen mit einer nichtklebrigen erythritbeschichtung

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EP4061148B1
EP4061148B1 EP19821377.9A EP19821377A EP4061148B1 EP 4061148 B1 EP4061148 B1 EP 4061148B1 EP 19821377 A EP19821377 A EP 19821377A EP 4061148 B1 EP4061148 B1 EP 4061148B1
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Douglas L. Goedeken
Todd HARPER
Christine M. NOWAKOWSKI
Goeran Walther
Scott K. WHITMAN
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
    • A23L29/00—Foods or foodstuffs containing additives; Preparation or treatment thereof
    • A23L29/30—Foods or foodstuffs containing additives; Preparation or treatment thereof containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
    • A23L29/00—Foods or foodstuffs containing additives; Preparation or treatment thereof
    • A23L29/30—Foods or foodstuffs containing additives; Preparation or treatment thereof containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin
    • A23L29/37—Sugar alcohols
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
    • A23L7/00—Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof
    • A23L7/10—Cereal-derived products
    • A23L7/117—Flakes or other shapes of ready-to-eat type; Semi-finished or partly-finished products therefor
    • A23L7/122—Coated, filled, multilayered or hollow ready-to-eat cereals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23P—SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
    • A23P20/00—Coating of foodstuffs; Coatings therefor; Making laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs
    • A23P20/10—Coating with edible coatings, e.g. with oils or fats

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  • the present invention pertains to the art of food production and, more particularly, to coatings containing erythritol.
  • Cereal products such as ready-to-eat (“R-T-E”) or breakfast cereals
  • R-T-E cereals are well-known and popular food items, particularly presweetened R-T-E cereals.
  • these products include various coatings, usually comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners such as sucrose, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, fiber syrups, grain syrups, honey, hydrogenated starch, inulin, molasses, rice syrups, sorghum syrup, etc.
  • presweetened R-T-E cereals comprising coatings that include a high-potency sweetener.
  • Presweetened breakfast cereals are typically prepared by first producing unsweetened cereal pieces, coating the cereal pieces with an aqueous slurry or solution of sweeteners and then drying the coated pieces in an oven or air current to remove the added moisture.
  • sugar-coated R-T-E cereals One problem with sugar-coated R-T-E cereals is the high amount of sugar in the finished product that is necessary to impart sweetness and assist in maintaining the desired texture in milk, referred to as bowl life.
  • sugar includes mono-and disaccharides, such as glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose and sucrose, but most commonly means sucrose, otherwise known as table sugar.
  • the sugar content of R-T-E cereals can be reduced by substituting sugar with one or more high-potency artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, saccharin and sucralose, and/or by using natural sweeteners.
  • the finished products containing such substitutes While useful in reducing the sugar content of R-T-E cereals, the finished products containing such substitutes often suffer from the absence of certain physical and organoleptic attributes provided by the presence of sugar-based coatings. In particular, the products can lack the bite or crispness and bowl life in milk exhibited by sugar coatings and require special packaging to minimize water absorption.
  • WO 2011/139959 discloses a coated food composition comprising a food product and a coating, wherein the coating comprises a mixture of erythritol and at least one bulking agent, and a method for preparing such a coated food composition.
  • WO 2009/036954 discloses a coated product comprising a core and a hard coating surrounding the core, and a process for preparing such a coated product.
  • the hard coating is composed of at least one coating layer which comprises erythritol and a crystallization modifier.
  • the present invention satisfies the above need by providing reduced-sugar and sugar-free coating or binding compositions comprising erythritol, as well as comestibles topically coated or bound with such compositions, such as R-T-E cereals, clusters, cereal bars, and other food products.
  • the present invention also provides methods of making these products.
  • the present invention is directed to a packaged food product comprising individual non-sticky coated food pieces which have a moisture content of 2% to about 3.5% by weight.
  • the individual non-sticky coated food pieces include a food piece having a surface and a coating having a crystallinity of about 15% to about 60% on at least a portion of the surface.
  • the coating has a soluble solids content including erythritol, with at least a portion of the erythritol being crystalline erythritol, and a water-soluble carbohydrate having an average dextrose equivalent DE of 4 to 30.
  • the erythritol contributes substantially all the crystallinity of the coating.
  • the erythritol is included in an amount of about 50% to about 90% by dry weight of the soluble solids content, and the water-soluble carbohydrate having an average DE of 4 to 30 is included in an amount of about 2% to 40% by dry weight of the soluble solids content.
  • the packaged food product further comprises a package enclosing the individual non-sticky coated food pieces.
  • the present invention is directed to a continuous method of making individual non-sticky coated food pieces.
  • the method comprises applying a composition to a surface of food pieces to produce coated food pieces.
  • the composition includes water and a soluble solids component having a soluble solids content including erythritol in an amount of about 50% to about 90% by dry weight of the soluble solids content.
  • the soluble solids content also includes a water-soluble carbohydrate having an average dextrose equivalent (DE) of 4 to 30 in an amount of about 2% to about 40% by dry weight of the soluble solids content.
  • the method further comprises drying the coated food pieces to form dried pieces having at least a partial coating in which the soluble solids component has a crystallinity of from about 15% to about 60%.
  • the erythritol contributes substantially all the crystallinity of the coating.
  • the dried pieces have a moisture content of 2% to about 3.5% by weight.
  • the dried pieces are cooled to produce the individual non-sticky coated food pieces
  • any specific numerical value listed herein includes a margin of error of +/- 5%.
  • the term “about” increases the margin of error to 10%.
  • the margin of error refers to the base numerical value. In other words, “about 20%” means 18-22% and not 10-30%. Furthermore, unless otherwise specified or inapplicable, the percentages given are by weight.
  • a wide variety of food and snack products are prepared from cooked cereal doughs, including R-T-E or breakfast cereals.
  • cereal or farinaceous ingredients such as various cereal flours
  • other dry ingredients such as salt, minerals, starch and sugars
  • This dry blend is then further blended with various liquid ingredients (including water), heated and worked to gelatinize or cook the starch fraction of the cereal ingredients and other starchy materials.
  • liquid ingredients including water
  • cooking and working apparatuses and techniques are known in the art. More recently, the preparation of cooked cereal dough using a cooker extruder, especially a twin-screw extruder, has become commonplace.
  • the cooked cereal doughs so prepared can be processed to form finished products of various sizes, textures and shapes.
  • a post-cooking cereal dough formation step involves forming suitably sized and shaped individual pieces, such as shreds, flakes, biscuits or puffs.
  • the finished dried cereal base pieces can have a topical coating applied thereto in order to provide desired taste and texture attributes.
  • the topical coating can be a sugar or fruit coating.
  • R-T-E cereals that are coated with compositions containing erythritol.
  • a dry mix of ingredients is prepared.
  • the dry mix is combined with water in a cooker extruder to form a cooked cereal dough.
  • additional ingredients can be added to the cooker extruder depending on the desired end product.
  • the process illustrated in Figure 1 is intended to provide a more generic overview given that many different cereal production processes are known in the art.
  • the cooked cereal dough is extruded and formed into pieces having a desired size and shape.
  • these cereal base pieces are dried.
  • the cereal base pieces are coated with one or more compositions to form coated cereal pieces.
  • the coated cereal pieces are dried.
  • the resulting cereal product can then be packaged at step 130.
  • the dry mix prepared in step 100 can take many forms known in the art, such as being formed with appropriately sized particles of whole grains supplied by any of the major cereal grains including wheat, corn (maize), oats, barley, rye, rice and mixtures thereof.
  • the dry mix has only fine particles so as to constitute a cereal flour.
  • the dry mix can also include various minor ingredients or additives such as sugar(s), salt and mineral salts (e.g., calcium carbonate, trisodium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate) and starches that can be conveniently pre-blended with the other portions of the dry mix.
  • the dry mix can comprise about 40 to 99% (dry basis) of the cooked cereal dough formed in step 105. In terms of organoleptic attributes and reductions in R-T-E cereal piece frangibility, better results are obtained when the dry mix comprises about 75 to 99% of the cooked cereal dough.
  • the cereal base pieces formed in step 110 can be of any geometric configuration or form including, for example, flakes or puffs, shreds, biscuits, mini biscuits or the like.
  • the present invention finds particular utility in connection with puffed cereal base pieces. Especially useful are smooth puffed pieces such as O- or ring-shaped pieces fabricated from oat-based cooked cereal doughs. Any conventional method of preparation can be used to provide these puffed cereal base pieces.
  • step 115 would be performed, i.e., that a drying operation be performed prior to coating of the cereal base pieces.
  • puffed cereal base pieces must be dried to relatively low moisture contents in order to have the desired crispness or frangibility.
  • Any conventional drying technique can be used to reduce the moisture content of the cereal base pieces. The drying can be accomplished using equipment such as a rotary bed, tray or belt dryers.
  • Simple hot air convection drying (at 200 °F to 280 °F (93 °C to 138 °C), for example) is the preferred technique for drying the cereal base pieces.
  • the moisture content may be of suitable range without the need for a separate drying step.
  • step 115 need not always be performed and, typically, is not performed.
  • the coating (or coatings) can be applied to the cereal base pieces using an enrober (e.g., an enrober drum) while the coating is at an elevated temperature and thus fluid.
  • the coating can be at a temperature between 200 and 300 °F (93 and 149 °C), preferably between 212 and 300 °F (100 and 149 °C), and more preferably between 220 and 270 °F (104 and 132 °C).
  • the coating should preferably be introduced as a fine spray. Any conventional enrobing apparatus and technique can be used in step 120. Generally, one useful technique involves tumbling.
  • the cereal base pieces and coating are added to a rotating drum and tumbled for a sufficient time to achieve an even distribution of the coating on the cereal base pieces.
  • the coating is added to the drum after the cereal base pieces.
  • Another useful technique involves spraying the coating over the cereal base pieces in situations where the cereal base pieces are desirably not tumbled due to their shape, frangibility, etc.
  • the coated cereal pieces have a moisture content in the range of 2% to about 3.5%, preferably in the range of 2.5% to about 3%.
  • this drying step is represented by step 125, during which the coated cereal pieces are placed in a dryer for a time sufficient to reduce their moisture content to the desired level.
  • step 125 serves to remove the moisture added with the one or more coatings of step 120. It should be noted that the moisture content is not arbitrary but rather is surprisingly important in establishing the desired crystallinity as detailed further below.
  • the resulting cereal product is characterized by a thin coating that is typically about 20 to 40 microns in thickness.
  • the cereal product can further be fortified with an exterior or topical application of heat-sensitive vitamins.
  • a dispersion of one or more vitamins is topically added to the cereal product such as by tumbling to form a vitamin-fortified cereal product.
  • No further drying is required since only a small amount of moisture is added by the topical vitamin application.
  • the cereal product is allowed to cool to ambient temperature and then packaged in a conventional manner in step 130. At this point, it should be noted that any vitamin fortification can actually be applied with the coating in step 120.
  • the relevant coatings are those applied to the cereal base pieces in step 120.
  • one of these coatings would be made using sugar, particularly sucrose.
  • sugar particularly sucrose.
  • the presence of sugar in cereal coatings is one of the main drivers of consumer preference.
  • sucrose has at least two other properties that make it useful in a coating.
  • sucrose adds bulk. In some cereals, sucrose can account for about one third of the product by weight.
  • sucrose has a propensity to crystallize, which reduces stickiness during both processing and storage. Accordingly, when reducing or eliminating the sucrose content of the coating by substituting one or more other ingredients for some or all of the sucrose, it would be beneficial for these ingredients to have all three of the same properties (at least in combination).
  • the present invention addresses this issue through the inclusion of erythritol in the coating.
  • erythritol alone has all the desired properties.
  • Erythritol is about 60-70% as sweet as sucrose, adds bulk and has an even greater propensity to crystallize than sucrose.
  • erythritol is considered a zero-calorie sweetener (although it does have a calorie content of 0.2 calories/gram, as compared to almost 4 calories per gram for sucrose).
  • substituting erythritol for some or all of the sucrose provides a significant calorie reduction for the coated cereal product, e.g., about 25% or more as detailed further below.
  • erythritol has no glycemic response, is not counted as sugar for the purposes of nutritional labeling (although it is included in the total carbohydrates value), has excellent gastrointestinal tolerance and has a low viscosity in solution. Further, erythritol has a slower wash-off than sucrose, mainly due to reduced solubility at low temperatures, enabling a longer bowl life.
  • the propensity of erythritol to crystallize is beneficial for reducing the stickiness of a food product coated with either (or both) of these ingredients. This is helpful during both production and storage of the food product. Accordingly, both initial (i.e., time 0) and final crystallinity are important.
  • Sucrose can be employed below 40% without crystallization. Many sucrose substitutes do not crystallize, making erythritol somewhat unique in this respect. In fact, at a given soluble solids ratio, erythritol will have a higher crystallinity than sucrose. This advantageously enables the use of higher levels of other soluble solids, such as soluble corn fiber, without excessive stickiness and, more generally, provides greater flexibility in formulating the coating.
  • erythritol has a lower glass transition temperature (T g ) than sucrose.
  • T g glass transition temperature
  • an erythritol coating can retain a soft or tacky texture immediately after drying and cooling (i.e., at time 0), although the coating hardens and loses tackiness over time as full crystallization is reached (e.g., after 3 or 4 days).
  • a higher molecular weight component such as 18 dextrose equivalent (DE) modified starch, can be included in the erythritol coating to increase the glass transition temperature and reduce softness or tackiness at time 0.
  • DE dextrose equivalent
  • This modified starch can be an enzyme-modified corn starch to reduce chain, and not chemically modified (e.g., by acid hydrolysis).
  • chemically modified maltodextrin could be employed.
  • the higher molecular weight component has a DE of 18-24. While lower DE components ( ⁇ 15) can be effective, the resulting coating is more viscous. Higher DE components (> 30) are not effective.
  • the erythritol coating includes a water-soluble carbohydrate having an average DE of 4 to 30. In a more preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carbohydrate has an average DE of 10 to 24. In one embodiment, the water-soluble carbohydrate is a non-hydrogenated maltodextrin.
  • the erythritol coating includes a soluble solids content (defined as the water-soluble ingredients of the coating), with the water-soluble carbohydrate making up part of the soluble solids content.
  • the water-soluble carbohydrate is included in an amount of about 2% to about 40% by dry weight of the soluble solids content. In a more preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carbohydrate is included in an amount of 3-35% by dry weight of the soluble solids content. In a most preferred embodiment, the water-soluble carbohydrate is included in an amount of 5-30% by dry weight of the soluble solids content.
  • the initial (i.e., time 0) stickiness of the erythritol coating is also affected by the crystallinity of the erythritol.
  • the crystallinity of the erythritol is a function, at least in part, of the relative amount of erythritol in the coating.
  • the erythritol makes up part of the soluble solids content of the erythritol coating.
  • the erythritol comprises about 50% to about 90% by dry weight of the soluble solids content. In a more preferred embodiment, the erythritol comprises 55-85% by dry weight of the soluble solids content. In a most preferred embodiment, the erythritol comprises 60-80% by dry weight of the soluble solids content.
  • the erythritol coating has a crystallinity of about 15% to about 60%, with at least a portion of the erythritol being crystalline erythritol and the erythritol contributing substantially all the crystallinity of the coating.
  • the erythritol coating has a crystallinity of about 20%.
  • substantially all it is meant that the erythritol contributes at least 95% of the crystallinity of the coating.
  • a coating's crystallinity equals the total weight of crystals in the coating divided by the total weight of the coating.
  • a coating's erythritol crystallinity equals the weight of erythritol crystals in the coating divided by the total weight of the erythritol in the coating.
  • the portion of the crystallinity provided by the erythritol can be calculated by dividing the weight of erythritol crystals in the coating by the total weight of crystals in the coating.
  • crystals of erythritol can be distinguished from other crystals using differential scanning calorimetry, for example.
  • the initial (i.e., time 0) stickiness of the erythritol coating is further affected by the drying of the coated food pieces (i.e., step 125). Over drying results in reduced time 0 crystallinity and increased time 0 stickiness but has no impact on final crystallinity.
  • the coated food pieces are dried to a moisture content in the range of 2% to about 3.5% and preferably in the range of 2.5% to about 3%. Certainly, it should be recognized as counterintuitive that the coating actually gets more sticky with increased drying.
  • the crystallinity of the coating is affected by various parameters, including moisture content. More specifically, it is the final moisture content which is extremely important in this regard. That is, the pre-drying moisture content of the coating need not affect final crystallinity but may have an effect on initial crystallinity, with initial crystallinity being lower at low moisture contents. Also, crystallinity increases as the level of minors (i.e., non-crystallizable solids) decreases. Certainly, the crystallinity is directly related to the level of stickiness of the final product.
  • the coatings have associated therewith the following measured characteristics: Coating Sample Coating Crystallinity % Stickiness Scores *E/SS Soluble Carbohydrate% Time 0 Final Time 0 Final S1 0.55 7.5% 18% 28% 5.0 1.0 S2 0.59 7.5% 21% 30% 4.0 1.0 S3 0.61 15.0% 27% 37% 1.0 1.0 S4 0.61 0.0% 23% 36% 4.0 1.0 S5 0.61 7.5% 23% 37% 3.0 1.0 S6 0.59 10.0% 20% 35% 3.5 1.0 S7 0.57 16.0% 21% 33% 3.0 1.0 S8 0.65 7.5% 24% 40% 1.0 1.0 S9 0.59 17.5% 22% 34% 1.0 1.0 S10 0.56 20.0% 17% 32% 2.0 1.0 * Erythritol to soluble solids ratio
  • FIG. 2 presents a graph for use in connection with establishing acceptable coatings in accordance with the invention.
  • the invention desires to establish non-sticky coated cereal pieces, although moderately sticky pieces may be considered acceptable.
  • the very sticky region of this graph represents an unsatisfactory coating. In essence, scores of 4 and 5 were just too sticky; scores of 2 and 3 were moderately sticky; and a score of 1 was deemed not sticky in accordance with the invention.
  • the soluble solids component of the erythritol coating further comprises a sugar source in an amount of up to about 40% by dry weight of the soluble solids content, preferably 1-30%.
  • the sugar source can be, for example, sucrose, honey, fructose, a syrup (e.g., corn syrup) or molasses.
  • neither the erythritol coating nor the final food product has any sugar content (i.e., there is no sugar content).
  • the erythritol coating can comprise a water-insoluble ingredient (e.g., calcium carbonate, insoluble fiber, insoluble proteins, etc.) or a semi-soluble ingredient (e.g., cocoa or cinnamon) in an amount of up to 10% by weight of the coating, preferably up to 5%.
  • the coating can also comprise a soluble fiber (e.g., inulin, soluble corn fiber, etc.) or a soluble protein. In one embodiment, the coating comprises about 5.5% soluble corn fiber by weight.
  • the coating can further comprise water. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises about 12% to about 30% water by weight. In a more preferred embodiment, the coating comprises up to 15-26% water by weight.
  • the coating can also comprise an oil, which primarily serves as a processing aid. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises up to 10% by weight of an oil or a fat.
  • the goal is to produce non-sticky (i.e., non-adhesive, non-cohesive) coated food pieces comprising a plurality of food pieces, each food piece having a surface, with the above-discussed coating or composition provided on at least a portion of the surface.
  • the food piece and coating have a combined moisture content of about 2% to about 3.5%.
  • the coating can comprise about 10% to about 50% by weight of the coated food pieces after the drying step and before the cooling step. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises 15-50% by weight of the coated food pieces. In a more preferred embodiment, the coating comprises 20-40% by weight of the coated food pieces.
  • the food pieces can take a number of different forms including R-T-E cereal pieces, nuts, puffed corn, etc.
  • the cooling step cools the coated food pieces to a surface temperature of less than 90 °F (32 °C), more preferably less than 75 °F (24 °C).
  • These food pieces can be packaged together in a package, with or without other food pieces. That is, the food pieces of the present invention can be combined with food pieces not produced in the manner described above.
  • puffed cereal base pieces having an erythritol coating can be combined with nuts, seeds, grain-based pieces, legume-based pieces, dried fruits, confectionary pieces or another type of cereal base piece.
  • the coated food pieces are packaged within 5 hours of the drying step, more preferably less than 90 minutes (with a surge bin) and as short as a few minutes (without a surge bin).
  • the coated food pieces are non-sticky (i.e., non-adhesive, non-cohesive) immediately (actually within 10 minutes) after cooling, which facilitates packaging soon after cooling.
  • the method of the present invention comprises a step of applying a fat-based coating to the erythritol coating. In some embodiments, the method comprises a step of applying a powder to the coating. In some embodiments, the method comprises a step of applying particulates to the coating to adhere the particulates to the dried pieces prior to the cooling step.
  • the present invention provides improved reduced-sugar and sugar-free coatings, and coated comestibles prepared therewith, that have physical and organoleptic properties similar to those of coatings with more sugar.
  • products with a lower calorie content can be beneficially prepared.
  • a RTE cereal product with a 25% or less net carbohydrate content can be prepared.

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Claims (19)

  1. Kontinuierliches Verfahren zum Herstellen einzelner, nicht klebriger, beschichteter Nahrungsmittelstücke, wobei das Verfahren umfasst:
    a. Aufbringen einer Zusammensetzung auf eine Oberfläche von Nahrungsmittelstücken, um beschichtete Nahrungsmittelstücke herzustellen, wobei die Zusammensetzung umfasst:
    i. eine lösliche Feststoffkomponente mit einem löslichen Feststoffgehalt, die Erythrit in einer Menge von etwa 50 % bis etwa 90 % des Trockengewichts des löslichen Feststoffgehalts und ein wasserlösliches Kohlenhydrat mit einem durchschnittlichen Dextroseäquivalent (DE) von 4 bis 30 in einer Menge von etwa 2 % bis etwa 40 % des Trockengewichts des löslichen Feststoffgehalts enthält; und
    ii. Wasser;
    b. Trocknen der beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke, um getrocknete Stücke mit zumindest einer teilweisen Beschichtung zu bilden, in der die lösliche Feststoffkomponente eine Kristallinität von etwa 15 % bis etwa 60 % aufweist, wobei das Erythrit im Wesentlichen die gesamte Kristallinität der Beschichtung beiträgt, wobei die getrockneten Stücke einen Feuchtigkeitsgehalt von 2 Gew.-% bis etwa 3,5 Gew.-% aufweisen; und
    c. Abkühlen der getrockneten Stücke, um die einzelnen, nicht klebrig beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke herzustellen.
  2. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Feuchtigkeitsgehalt 2,5 Gew.-% bis etwa 3 Gew.-% beträgt.
  3. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, wobei die Beschichtung nach dem Trocknungsschritt und vor dem Abkühlschritt etwa 10 Gew.-% bis etwa 50 Gew.-% der beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke ausmacht.
  4. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei der Abkühlschritt die beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke auf eine Oberflächentemperatur von weniger als 90 °F (etwa 32,2 °C) abkühlt.
  5. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei das wasserlösliche Kohlenhydrat ein nicht hydriertes Maltodextrin ist.
  6. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die lösliche Feststoffkomponente ferner eine Zuckerquelle in einer Menge von bis zu 40 % des Trockengewichts des löslichen Feststoffgehalts umfasst.
  7. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei die Zusammensetzung ferner ein Öl in einer Menge von bis zu 10 Gew.-% der Zusammensetzung und/oder einen wasserunlöslichen oder halblöslichen Bestandteil in einer Menge von bis zu 10 Gew.-% der Zusammensetzung und/oder mindestens eines von einem löslichen Ballaststoff und einem löslichen Protein umfasst.
  8. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, ferner umfassend das Aufbringen von Partikeln auf die Beschichtung, um die Partikel vor dem Abkühlschritt an den getrockneten Stücken anzuheften.
  9. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, ferner umfassend das Kombinieren der einzelnen, nicht klebrig beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke mit einem oder mehreren anderen Nahrungsmittelstücken.
  10. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, wobei das eine oder die mehreren anderen Nahrungsmittelstücke Nüsse, Samen, Stücke auf Getreidebasis, Stücke auf Hülsenfruchtbasis, Trockenfrüchte oder Süßwarenstücke umfassen.
  11. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, ferner umfassend das Verpacken der einzelnen, nicht klebrig beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke, wobei die einzelnen, nicht klebrig beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke innerhalb von 5 Stunden nach dem Trocknungsschritt verpackt werden.
  12. Kontinuierliches Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, wobei das Verpacken innerhalb von 10 Minuten nach dem Abkühlen erfolgt.
  13. Produkt, das durch das kontinuierliche Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12 erhältlich ist.
  14. Verpacktes Nahrungsmittelprodukt, umfassend:
    a. einzelne nicht klebrig beschichtete Nahrungsmittelstücke mit einem Feuchtigkeitsgehalt von 2 Gew.-% bis etwa 3,5 Gew.-%, wobei die einzelnen nicht klebrig beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke umfassen:
    i. ein Nahrungsmittelstück mit einer Oberfläche und
    ii. eine Beschichtung mit einer Kristallinität von etwa 15 % bis etwa 60 % auf mindestens einem Teil der Oberfläche, wobei die Beschichtung einen löslichen Feststoffgehalt einschließlich Erythrit aufweist, wobei mindestens ein Teil des Erythrits kristallines Erythrit und ein wasserlösliches Kohlenhydrat mit einem durchschnittlichen Dextroseäquivalent (DE) von 4 bis 30 ist, wobei das Erythrit im Wesentlichen die gesamte Kristallinität der Beschichtung beiträgt, wobei das Erythrit in einer Menge von etwa 50 % bis etwa 90 % des Trockengewichts des löslichen Feststoffgehalts enthalten ist und das wasserlösliche Kohlenhydrat mit einem durchschnittlichen DE von 4 bis 30 in einer Menge von etwa 2 % bis etwa 40 % des Trockengewichts des löslichen Feststoffgehalts enthalten ist; und
    b. eine Verpackung, die die einzelnen, nicht klebrig beschichteten Nahrungsmittelstücke umschließt.
  15. Verpacktes Nahrungsmittelprodukt nach Anspruch 14, wobei die Beschichtung ferner bis zu 10 Gew.-% eines wasserunlöslichen oder halblöslichen Bestandteils umfasst.
  16. Verpacktes Nahrungsmittelprodukt nach einem der Ansprüche 14 oder 15, wobei die Beschichtung ferner bis zu 10 Gew.-% lösliche Ballaststoffe umfasst.
  17. Verpacktes Nahrungsmittelprodukt nach einem der Ansprüche 14 bis 16, wobei das wasserlösliche Kohlenhydrat ein nicht hydriertes Maltodextrin ist.
  18. Verpacktes Nahrungsmittelprodukt nach einem der Ansprüche 14 bis 17, wobei das verpackte Nahrungsmittelprodukt ein verzehrfertiges (ready-to-eat, RTE) Getreideprodukt ohne Zuckergehalt ist.
  19. Verpacktes Nahrungsmittelprodukt nach einem der Ansprüche 14 bis 18, wobei der Gehalt an löslichen Feststoffen eine Zuckerquelle in einer Menge von bis zu etwa 40 % des Trockengewichts des Gehalts an löslichen Feststoffen umfasst.
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